as a male feminist i have a question [View all]

how should I deal with sexism amongst coworkers?

the problem is, I'm the youngest employee of my company and my coworkers are mostly ex military men.

they're good guys, but the sexism that seems instilled in them slips out as a harmless joke every once and a while and I get offended.

I already reported one guy to HR because of some over ogling of a female coworker, followed by some tasteless commentary.

I feel my hands are tied now. I can't go reporting people to HR every time something happens and because of my age and non involvement with the military, I doubt my words are respected.

I am close with these guys, we've worked together for a while and I know they don't TRULY believe what they say. but still, to me it's as careless as making a lighthearted racist joke and prefacing it with "I'm not racist but..."

meh, I'm just venting. I'm sure it'll be fine.